Biography

Timothy L. Lash, DSc, MPH, is Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Rollins School of Public Health. Dr. Lash is Honorary Professor of Cancer Epidemiology in the Department of Clinical Epidemiology at Aarhus University in Aarhus, Denmark. He was also President of the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) for the 2014-2015 term.

Dr. Lash is leader and member of the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute. He also holds memberships with the American Association of Cancer Research and the Society for Epidemiologic Research.

Education

Dr. Lash received his DSc in Epidemiology from Boston University School of Public Health and his MPH with concentrations in Epidemiology and Environmental Health from Boston University School of Medicine, both in Boston, Massachusetts.

Research

Dr. Lash's research focuses on molecular biomarkers that predict cancer recurrence. He and his colleagues have developed large biobanks of tumor tissues from cancer patients, and connected these to clinical outcomes including cancer recurrence.

He also has an interest in disparities in the quality of cancer care, especially age-related disparities in the quality of care. Older cancer patients who receive less than guideline care sometimes die of cancer that could have been successfully treated, which his research over the last decade has documented.

Publications

Dr. Lash is Editor-in-Chief of Epidemiology. He is also on the editorial boards of Epidemiologic Methods and Epidemiologic Perspectives & Innovations. He has been published in a number of notable journals including The Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Epidemiology and International Journal of Epidemiology. He has coauthored two textbooks on epidemiologic methods.

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Awards

In 2015, Dr. Lash received The Emory 1% Award which recognizes Emory faculty whose competitive research grant application is ranked at the first percentile.